#taika reed

[lotussokka]

the problem with the official vogue met gala livestream is that they interview outrageously famous celebrities instead the minor celebrity i care about

[ruleof3bobby]

FREE GUY (2021) Grade: C

Was overall disappointed. Didn't expect much but expected a few better jokes and gags. Kinda all in the trailer. Ending was blah. High concept idea that falls flat mostly.

[ofmdrecaps]

11/25-26/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR: Happy Belated Birthday Kristian!; Taika Waititi; Rachel House & David Fane; Joel Fry; Samson Kayo; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Anapela Polata'ivao; Guz Khan; Nat Torres; Damien Gerard; Fan Spotlight; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Never Left Podcast; OFMD Spin the Bottle; Love Notes;

Also delayed due to Tumblr Blip, sorry all! I have some other great news though! The absolute sweetheart @lowrahh has volunteered to join my team to help get Alt Text added to the recaps! She's on the opposite side of the world so we may have some time syncing differences, but she's been helping me the last few days and it's been amazing! Thank you so much @lowrahh! Alrighty, on to the recap!

== Happy (Belated) Birthday Kristian! ==

Happy belated birthday to our dear Wee John-- Kristian Nairn! (11/25/2024) And guess what, he's on Bluesky now!

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

Also, coming soon, is a new track by Kristian and MikeT! - Echo!

Source: Elliptical Sun Instagram

= Taika Waititi =

More interviews with Taika about Interior Chinatown! Silly things like "if you had an entrance song, what would it be?"

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= Rachel House & David Fane =

Rachel House, our Mary Reed, and our beloved Fang, David Fane were out at the Moana 2 Premiere in Australia! Moana 2 comes out in the US the 27th! Check it out if you can!

Source: ABC Pacific

Just some quick pics of our cast <3

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And David just being adorable.

Source: Awhimai Frasier Instagram

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And some silly interview questions at the premiere!

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= Joel Fry =

Our dear Frenchie is joining Ncuti Gatwa in the Doctor Who Christmas Special this year!

Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky

= Samson Kayo =

Samson is going to be in the new Voltron cast along with several other amazing stars!

Source: Amazon MGM Studios and AdoptOurCrew Bsky. and Samson's instagram

= Vico Ortiz =

Our ever busy Jim Jimenez, Vico Ortiz is joining "Reckless Spirits", a short comedy film! There's a crowdfunding effort for getting it going! Any gifts made today through EOD on Thursday, November 28 will be DOUBLED by a match (up to $7,500). Wanna learn more or support it? Check out: https://bit.ly/reckless-giving

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Some love from a fan of one of Vico's voice acting works!

Source: Vico's Bsky

I believe this has been share before but Vico is out sharing things they've been tagged in so let's post it again! The audio version of Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson, Tatiana Hill, and featuring voicework by Vico! Check it out here!

Source: Vico's Bsky

= Samba Schutte =

One of the short films Samba starred in - Best Life - has been nominated for the LA Independent Film Channel Festival for 2024!

Source: Valerie and Chaney IG

= Anapela Polataivao =

In case you haven't cried today, here's Rachel House, sending love to Auntie! (Anapela Polata'ivao)

In other Tinā news, it'll be heading to the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival in the World Cinema Now section at select locations between Jan 4-10! To get tickets, visit the Palm Springs Site!

Source: Tinā the Film Instagram

= Guz Khan =

Guz is sending out some love to these bakers!

Source: Guz Khans IG stories

And here's Guz showing off in his sweet ride.

Source: Guz Khan's Threads

= Nat Torres =

Nat Torres, writer extraordinaire, always bringing a smile to our faces <3

Source: Nat's Instagram

= Damien Gerard =

As always, our Father Teach, aka Damien Gerard, one of the coolest cat dads on the web, loves to keep us busy with cat content!

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =

New mini-episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction is up! This time covering The "HighSchool Jukebox" Fics by @oatmilktruther! Read by BabyKraken! Check it out here!

Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Spotify.

= Never Left Podcast =

A new episode of Never Left is out on your favorite Podcast Platforms! This part 2 of the Flags set-- you can check it out on their linktr.ee!

Source: Never Left Podcast Instagram

= Seven_Sugars Spin the Bottle =

For those of you on Bluesky and Twitter, you may have seen this very fun post by Ashley (aka Seven_Sugars). It's a gif of our cast and a spinning bottle! You just screenshot the gif and it tells you who you get! (I got Lucius which is 100% awesome by me, call me Pete because I love that man). Wanna try it out? Visit Ashley's Bsky!

Source: Seven Sugars Bsky

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies! There's definitely been some reminders lately that this time of year isn't the best time for everyone. Remember to be kind to yourself and don't beat yourself up too much ok? Sometimes you do everything right. Sometimes you do your best, you bust your ass, and then shit goes horribly wrong the last second. Whether it's a draft on something fan related, or getting to work on time, or preparing a candid talk with someone or being careful driving on ice, and someone else hitting you from behind. Whatever it is-- life sometimes just does not cooperate with your expectations.

To top it off, that can be very hard if you've already been dealing with so much. It really can. It can seem like.. NOTHING goes right, and like everything is frustrating, and when your cup is already full of nonsense it just starts overflowing.

You know what the good news is? Your cup will slowly drain over time the kinder you are to yourself. Rest helps it drain, love helps it drain, comfort helps it drain so you can have more room for the next thing that happens. Right now it feels like too much because your body and your mind need a break, and you deserve a break. Winter time is normally meant for human beings and animals to hibernate! To recover with the seasons! But now we work all the time, and it can burn us out real fast. Take care of yourselves, take breaks, and if shit goes wrong, keep taking breaks, if you can, until it doesn't feel so hard anymore <3 I hope you all rest this week and have some self-care time off if you have it-- and if you don't, please be safe out there. Thinking of you.

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[wikuskuss]

Taika Waititi is in wwdits (show and movie) and ofmd. And in all of them the music is great. In ofmd I found my favourite singer (Lou Reed, because of "Perfect Day") and in wwdits (show) s6 "We didn't start the fire" is literally fire. In wwdits (movie) I also found one of my favourite songs "Ласточка/lastochka" by Leningrad. Taika is so powerful.

[mysteriouslybluepirate]

Can't send asks from my sideblog, but this is @chewing-the-drywall

I feel like much of s2 fell into Frenchie's "we put it in the box and then lock it and don't open it again" in the sense that it set up A LOT that I was intrigued about how they would address it, but it either never was mentioned again or was handled poorly.

Examples range from light, like how I wish we saw more of the crew interacting with each other in ways that built on their characters from S1, where in S2 they didn't feel any more developed, or even regressed. (Example, Fang used the word Fingies 2-3 times through S2, and it felt like they were using it almost as a shorthand for his character, rather than making him feel more real and multidimensional as a character.)

100% @chewing-the-drywall. When I first heard that line I had I was so excited for the story to prove Frenchie wrong. Or show how important it can be to put aside problems to stay alive in the moment. But in the end, this one line summarized how the season handled everyone, besides Stede and Ed. Below, is an in depth discussion on where this season decided to spend it's limited amount of time. Instead of focusing on the characters and plotlines they'd already established.

This season had so MANY ideas it wanted to touch on.

Izzy trying to deal with his unrequited love and opening up to a new way of living. The traumatized 'Revenge' crew trying to adapt to a softer way of life again. The abandoned crew learning how to help their traumatized friends. Introducing new characters like Zheng, Auntie, and Archie into our main group. Setting up a conflict to resolve in season three. Along the way, referencing Pirates of history like Ned Low, Mary Reed, and Anne Bonny.

Notice, I've said all this and we're not even at our romantic leads.

Which is fine. Stories are fluid things. As long as the story knows how to flow from our leads to our side characters. Which leads us to how I feel this show took a lot of time away from establishing our central crew-

[Warning- this will be a controversial opinion- I want to know what y'all think about this] Zheng/Oluwande. This seasons habit of retreading old plotlines and referencing scenes from S1.

What S1 did so well was paralleling the side stories with what was going on with Ed/Stede. Usually, highlighting how well Stede/Ed worked by showing how much Ed/Izzy DIDN'T work. Or general hijinks that tied into the plot (Oluwande and Frenchie on the French ship).

Season 2 chose to parallel our main story with what was going on between Zheng/Oluwande as a budding romance and Izzy's slow recovery. The reason Zheng/Oluwande scenes felt like a waste for me in that the story was JUST a retelling the story we watched from S1.

A frustrated first mate(Auntie), and a legendary captain(Zheng) fighting over the captain falling in love with an idiot(Olu). In season 2, much like every callback for me, it felt like it slowed down the plot by pulling us out of the story. Like...yeah, you did the thing again, do you want me to applaud you for it?

I LIKE Zheng and Oluwande as a couple! I like that Oluwande was debating leaving Stede and taking Jim and Archie with him. But at the same time, I didn't care about Zheng until episode 7 when she beat up Stede, showing that yes. She's not just some all powerful woman taken down by a mix of love(the crew in ep3) and thinking that she was above it all (ep 7). She's fast on her feet, smart, and willing to stab someone who gets in her way. She's her own person. But.

Every other scene that established her was about her romance, felt like we could have put Rhys and Taika in there. It didn't feel...unique. It's as if the show only knows 1 way to write a romance between a badass and a bumbling idiot. Again. Oluwande in season 1 wasn't dumb in the same way everyone else was. He was protective of Jim, a bit nervous overall, but he was the person the crew chose to lead them. The season just dumbed everyone down a bit and called it a day.

This comes to the larger issue. When we only have eight episodes I don't want to rewatch the exact same plot beats with different characters. Time spent here ends up taking away from other stories we could have told about trauma and growing as a family and other forms of growing as a family. We didn't need another romance plot line. Imagine taking this time instead to show Lucius reaching out to Pete AND the crew for help. Or Frenchie finally feeling safe enough to play his lute. Or Roach helping Fang get over his thing with cakes-you get my point.

The fact we took all the found family stuff from season one, and pushed it onto only Izzy in S2 means when he dies, all the found family shit falls away. His death makes us realize we've been ignoring the central family we were supposed to care about. Because in so many words, their trauma was ignored.

[I even theorize if Izzy was alive and sailed away with them. Showing how he was taken in and loved by his crew, the ending wouldn't feel so hollow. This crew doesn't feel like a caring family. The person who protected them for months died, wasn't mourned, and then they threw a wedding the same day. Not even a full day to mourn. The 'New Revenge' feels like a heartless crew of characters we barely recognize because they aren't a family like they were at the end of S1. More like coworkers who sometimes fall in love with eachother.]

Trauma, Timelines, and Tonal issues when jumping from Episodes 1-3 to Episodes 4-5.

When the crews meet up, the story chooses to focus on the fun plot. Ed and Stede recovering their relationship, only dipping back into that serious tone when Izzy or Lucius come on screen to 'make things sad' again. I don't think the transition from 'serious' to 'comedy' was handled well.

I don't have an official timeline of the events of season two. But from what I remember, everything happens within 2 weeks.

In episode 4, Stede ignored the vote of his crew- to let the man who was torturing half his 'FAMILY' for at least 80 days- back aboard. This rubbed me the wrong way, as it showed Stede being a selfish prick in a way that could seriously harm his crew. That's when I started to see how not adding a *single* time-skip mid-season would hurt S2.

Imagine if we had a one-week off-screen time skip between episodes 4 and 5.

Maybe it's implied that they stay in that town for a bit. Izzy would a bit more time to learn to move on his new leg and start to open up to those he already trusts. Include a scene of Izzy WITH the crew, maybe laughing about something with the old traumatized crew, even if it's just a 30-second opener. Imply that the traumatized crew would have more time to settle in with the family they miss. Show that yeah, the traumatized crew needs more time to heal. Imply at the start of the 'Ed apology' that Ed and Stede have had more time to talk their issues out.

THEN have Ed apologize. You can even keep the bullshit corporate to show that Ed still has to work for this.

Healing takes time. Setting a series over the span of two weeks after half your cast was tortured by your lead love interest? After five of your main crew thought they would sail off into a storm and die after months of stress and life threatening battles? Why did that shit get shoved to the side so quickly?

Framing episode 5 as the START of Ed making amends with the crew, only to drop the plot by episode 7? Not a smart move. Because let's be honest, 'poison into positivity' in episode 6, referring to the fact that they sold all of Ed's loot to pay for the party, ignores the sacrifices the crew made to live that long. (The death of Ivan, and intense trauma they all need to work through). In a way, Ed throwing this party was him asking the crew to start putting everything away in that imaginary box.

It's Ed retroactively letting himself say 'hey, that time I spent torturing my captives was worth it because we got something good out of it' while still ignoring his own guilt. Ed needed to take accountability for his actions. No more 'I took 'a' mans leg' bullshit. The reason his arc feels so unsatisfying is that the plot easily forgives him. Fuck. I hate what they did for Ed's arc, but that's not the point.

Overall.

My issue with this season is not that it chose to do these topics, it's that it didn't think about the implications of what they were bringing up. It didn't dare to think 'maybe it's fucked if we quickly brush off a trauma like this'. Again. I know we have to blame MAX for cutting off two episodes. But I don't think 2 additional episodes would fix a tone problem seen going from episodes 3-4.

Fucking hell. Each member of the revenge had the potential for their own arc, so it's baffling to see them all reduced to 'well meaning idiot' when they all felt so fleshed out in S1.

When izzy gives his speech about belonging, there's a reason the only image in the show of the crew all together was from S1.

At the end of the day, Season 2 didn't let our surviving side characters grow. This is a mean spirited bit on how I feel the writers see the their own characters.

Stede and Ed are our leads. They won't die, not in this genera. Their shitty actions will be forgiven because it's a comedy, and as long as it's joked about, it holds no weight. They won't die. They won't get fatally hurt. Their trauma will be taken seriously, but it's a 50/50 on if they'll talk about it before breaking up again. They will eventually get a happy ending, their trauma looked at head on, because duh.

Jim, Olu, Lucius, Pete? Characters who used to have defined personalities in S1, but haven't been defined much beyond their relationships with their partners? Whose trauma might be mentioned, but will quickly be 'resolved' in one scene? Shame. Seems like they're only useful as set dressing, But we might make you useful as interchangeable side characters to riff against. Oh, and you're in love! Isn't that cool!

Izzy? I'll just quote Jenkins here. "To have him become a father figure to Blackbeard, and on some level to the rest of the crew, and to see him become the heart of why we’re giving pirates the chance to stand for being able to live how you choose. In reality, they’re thieves and criminals, but what our pirates stand for is a life of belonging to something larger than they are in the face of a crushing, slightly fascist normalcy." So...Is Izzy a pirate and accepted into the Revenge family? Or is he still an outsider? Jenkins gave us a romcom but still defines Izzy's character as that of one stuck in a drama/tragedy. Point and laugh, because tonally these two things clash HARD and will make an audience lose trust in it's writers unless well established. Leading us to the entire issue we've pointed out of not letting your characters actions hold in dramatic weight in your story.

Frenchie, Wee John, Roach, and Fang- Ah. No love interests again...shit. Well. Background actors it is... for now. We'll see. But we need 2 more scenes of the couple breaking up, so MAYBE you'll get some backstory hinted at in dialogue. You all have 1 thing your good at, so that's easy enough to put you where you belong.

Buttons and Swede? Well. They're still alive!! Don't be sad, fans :) The actors just couldn't show up anymore. We don't want our silly happy queer pirate rom com to not end on a happy ending! (Closes the lid of the trash can where they're keep Con O'Neill a bit tighter, thanking God Con was silenced by a strike this entire season from social media)

Do you agree, or disagree? Leave any lingering thoughts down below!

I'd love to chat down below.

[veeagainsttheday]

After some discussion in a gc I ranked the OFMD soundtrack choices for each season.

Season 1:

Gnossienne No. 5: I have a Pavlovian response to this song now. I hear it and a little movie reel in my mind starts up with The Kiss (Season 1 edition). 

The Chain: This was my most played song of 2022 on Spotify for a reason. The choreography: immaculate. That shot where the small boats are approaching the Revenge and it skips to the beat? Should have won an Emmy on its own. And Stede and Ed looking at each other as the music and the world fades away leaving only their love? Yeah, that’s the good shit. 

Avalanche: This music overlaying Ed’s transformation into the Kraken, the shots of Stede’s books falling into the water? “I have begun to long for you/I who have no greed/I have begun to ask for you/I who have no need/You say you've gone away from me/But I can feel you when you breathe” It takes a scene that could have been campy or funny and with the power of Leonard Cohen elevates it to the most emotionally devastating shit you’ve ever seen.

Our Prayer: It’s so brief but it’s SO good. The blissful music overlaying Stede’s smile at being known. 

Miles from Nowhere: Beautiful song, beautiful sentiment, Stede is finally, truly free of his old life and is on his way to discover what his new one will be: “I have my freedom/I can make my own rules/Oh yes, the ones that I choose”

High on a Rocky Ledge: I loved this choice as an opening and hearing it over the shot of all the flags always makes me so emotional. 

Perfect Day: I can’t believe I’ve put my dear Lou Reed so low on this list but that’s what the impeccable choices above do for me. Obviously the crucial lyrics here are, “You made me forget myself/I thought I was someone else/Someone good” and juxtaposed over Ed rowing alone and Stede returning to discomfort in a married state it’s just so much. 

The Empty Boat: I actually LOVE this choice, the lyrics are so good for Ed’s expression and feelings in this scene, but it just doesn’t feature as strongly as the others. 

Bonus shoutout to Il triello: Olivia, give him the old fuck eye!

Trailer interlude:

Because the Night: This choice made me absolutely deranged. Hearing this was when I was like oh they are going to fuck and I am somehow going to be seeing it in a few weeks on my screen. The night before the premiere I was so full of emotions that I took a drive and played this over and over again while screaming along to try to get some of them out. 

The Beautiful Ones: My brain became an endless loop of Baby baby baby for a week with Stede’s words and the cake toppers overlaid. 

Season 2:

This Woman’s Work: This is THE song of the season to me. We all wanted a reunion, we wrote something like 10,000 versions of it, I personally wrote something like 10 versions of it, and then the actual reunion was SO gorgeous and SO perfect and soundtracked by this and “all the things I should have said that I never said, all the things we should have done that we never did” and that piano and the build and and and I will never recover. 

Pygmy Love Song AND Seabird: I put these two as one because they’re the crux of Ed’s journey in this season and they work so well together thematically. First, the Impossible Birds - imagine hearing that there’s a piece of media about Blackbeard, infamous pirate, where one of his lines of dialogue is, “We’re never going back to land. We’re gonna sail, rob, raise hell, forever and ever without end” and instead of these words being delivered as a tough war cry they’re instead spoken in utter grief in a voice made nasal from tears. Taika’s delivery is so good it makes me want to eat through a brick wall (and all shout outs forever to Joel Fry for playing off him in this scene and several others). Playing in the background, its music lilting and warbling just as much as Ed’s voice? “My heart, my heart is full of love, I have nothing else.” So then a bunch of stuff happens (see the aforementioned reunion above) and we’re in episode 4 and Ed sees Buttons turn into an actual Impossible Bird, choosing to transform himself for love, and as Ed says “Fuck yeah brother, fly,” his face shining with revelation, we get, “There’s a road I know I must go/even though I tell myself that road is closed/like a lonely seabird/you’ve been away from land too long” MAGGIE PHILLIPS YOUR MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Run From Me: I was already a big Timber Timbre fan so when I read that one of their songs was in the show, I got very excited, and this did not disappoint. Its use to bookend this episode was incredible - the jilted wedding theme and the slow beginning of the song at the beginning as Ed is clearly in such a low place contrasted with the faster end of the song at the end of the episode as Ed enters this manic state during the storm - double Maggie Phillips your mind!!!

Strawberry Letter 23: The opening chords of this starting right after Ed introduces himself as the devil - just perfection. Ed’s sending 88 letters in his own way. 

Road to Moscow: This one feels like a real “I just heard it last night and if anything happened to it I would kill everyone and myself” situation. Fascinating use here because the song is about a Russian soldier witnessing the ultimately-failed German invasion of Russia in WWII - a notoriously bloody campaign with massive losses on both sides, which is of course what happens to our crew and the soldiers they encounter as well. This line gave me chills in the context of the crew fighting through the trees: “Ah, softly we move through the shadows, slip away through the trees/Crossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands and on our knees/And all that I ever was able to see/The fire in the air glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze”.

I Love My Baby: Perfect double use. Also further wedding foreshadowing: “Just say you love me

And we'll go to the preacherman/Just say you love me/And before him we'll stand/We'll live our lives together/As we go hand in hand.”

Baby: Can’t believe this is so low but the other ones were all so good!! 

The Times They Are A-Changing: Great use, loved that they used the Nina Simone version, it’s just not as significant to me as the others. 

Callback Gnossienne No. 5: this playing while Stede’s looking through the cabin in episode 3 made me want to lay down in the road. 

[pop-pop-pop-popculture]

MET GALA 2024 Review: May 6, 2024

I feel that there's more photos and guests, but vogue.com only posted 263 images.

Yes

Lana Del Rey

Dua Lipa

Zendaya

Jessica Biel

Harris Reed

Penélope Cruz

Aurora James

Jennifer Lopez

Lil Nas X

Karol G

Natasha Poonawalla

Christine Beauchamp

Jennie Kim

Tory Burch

Grace Murdoch

Taika Waititi

Rita Ora

Ivy Getty

Nelly Korda

Michelle Williams (I love the pink hair!)

Taraji P. Henson

Shakira

FKA Twigs

Ugbad Abdi

Shakira

Doja Cat

Nicki Minaj (OUTFIT, NOT PERSON.)

Camila Mendes

Adut Akech

LaQuan Smith

Usher

Anok Yai

Imaan Hammam

Karlie Kloss

Cardi B (OUTFIT, NOT PERSON.)

Tyler Mitchell

Kaia Gerber

Iris Law

Men either try or don't try at all, so kudos to the stylists of the men that actually tried.

No

Serena Williams (The gold was gorgeous, but I don't like the construction of the dress. On top of that, it didn't flatter her physique well.)

Kylie Jenner (obviously)

Kris Jenner (obviously)

Michelle Yeoh

Sydney Sweeney (I like the shade of blue and flower appliques, though.)

Yes and No

Ariana Grande

Elle Fanning

Kylie Minogue

Kendall Jenner

The Redmayne's (They went all out, that's for sure, but I don't see how their outfits correlate to the theme.)

Olivier Rousteing (I like the top and flare pants!)

Irina Shayk

Camila Cabello

Kelsea Ballerini

Naomi Campbell (The color and fabric are pretty, but I feel like she went a little too safe.)

Taylor Russell

The F*ck?

Cara Delevingne

Lizzo

I know that there were a ton more people, but I wanted to keep the list of each category short.

🌸 May 8, 2024 🌸

[ofmdtereomaori]

he pātai! i'm writing a short speech on taika for my level 2 reo class and want to mention ofmd. there's no word for 'pirate' on te aka. is there a kupu māori for pirate? would something like 'hēramana pāhua' work? pls help ;-; ngā mihi nui!

Kia ora! The Reed Dictionary of Modern Māori (the big blue one) has "paerete" for pirate. :)

[sanctaignorantia]

I come to bring a compilation of information and yes all at once. The things here I took from old interviews so a lot could have changed throughout Luke's life (or not hehe) and other things are just my conclusions without confirmation (based on my searches on the internet).

Luke is a fun and intelligent person, a nerd full of charisma and style, loaded with the best British style he could have, a cigarette in one hand, a drink in the other, a smile and beautiful hazel eyes.

I hope you enjoy it because there are things about him that make me smile. :)

-> Luke Brandon Field (Luke Shoefield) was born on March 21, 1988 in Paddington which is a region in the City of Westminster, London, England.

-> His height is 1,83 m

-> He currently lives alone in an apartment in Los Angeles.

-> He is the son of Gary Shoefield and (probably and without confirmation) of Sharon Lorraine Price.

-> Luke is from a Jewish family. He grew up in a relatively Jewish neighborhood.

Here are some links about him:

IMDb | United Agents

Facebook 1 | 2

Twitter | Instagram | Spotify

-> Luke has as friends Daniel Sharman, Ian Bohen, Taika Waititi, Pamela Francesca and among others that I wouldn't know how to name, but to know more just visit his instagram. On his facebook there are very old and funny photos from the time when he studied. On instagram there are several pictures of him with his friends, his father and work. He was always fun and funny.

-> His name Luke is after Luke Goss, member of the English boyband Bros.

-> Luke's taste in music was influenced by his father from an early age, he was a fan of Glam Rock, Punk Rock and 70's Pop.

-> He is a fan of bands and musicians like Nico, David Bowie, Elvis, The Clash, Sweet, The Strokes, Lou Reed, T. Rex and others.

-> He has a band with Camila Gray called ROGUES.

-> Luke is an Arsenal fan.

-> Luke's godfather is an actor too and influenced him.

-> His favorite drink is Canadian Club.

-> Her idols are her father (Gary Shoefield) and Oliver Reed.

-> He went to drama school in New York when he was 18-19 years old (circa 2006) and had to live independently for the first time.

-> He went to Los Angeles in 2008.

-> Became the first person in England to be accepted by UCLA to study Drama & Film.

-> His first appearance in a film was in 2006 in 'Alien Autopsy'.

-> His first starring role was in 'Where the Road Meets the Sun' (2011) and here Luke won the Best Actor award at the Los Angeles Asian Film Festival.

-> He once said:

"I'd love to do a film set in the swinging 60's, a Michael Cane type role or a lower east side punk in 1970s New York. That would be fun."

-> He dreams of working one day with Woody Allen and Tom Hanks.

-> He grew up surrounded by Punk Rock, his home as a child was "two doors down where Marc Bolan lived".

Marc Bolan was an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. (wikipedia) But Marc passed away in 1977 and Luke was born in 1988, but his mother was Marc's neighbor and grew up there in the 70s.

-> On the same street lived Paul McCartney.

-> At the age of 5-6 he was visited by Brian Connolly.

Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish musician, best known as the lead singer of the British glam rock band Sweet.(wikipedia)

-> His father at that time (around 1994) was The Sweet's agent.

-> Luke's first show was when he was 6 years old with Gary Glitter and met him.

-> Luke was teased at school for being a David Bowie fan because everyone said he was too gay.

-> Luke has Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) as his favorite David Bowie album.

-> He was writing a book about Nico (originally it was going to be a screenplay).

Christa Päffgen was a German singer, songwriter, model and actress, better known by the pseudonym Nico.(wikipedia) And I couldn't find any other information about this, the interview I took this part from is 2016.

-> Luke describes Nico as "German goddess with an unusual voice".

-> When asked which song he would like played at his funeral, he replies: 'Afraid' by Nico or 'London Is The Place For Me' by Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts).

-> When asked if he would have a theme song he replies that it would be Reptilia from The Strokes.

-> He agrees that he looks like a vampire and that even people comment on it.

-> He says his reference for vampires is Bram Stoker.

-> When asked which he would prefer: Buffy or Angel, he answers Buffy. (All this part about vampires is from an interview for Muse by CLIO, where he talks about Lestat too.)

-> Luke's father worked in the entertainment business for 40 years, music, film, TV, aliens and holograms. Luke grew up with it so he frequented many studios and labels and was always on set or surrounded by notable actors or people.

-> In school he liked Shakespeare and musicals.

-> He would be a lawyer if he wasn't an actor, but he doesn't think it would suit him.

-> He returned to London after university and discovered a documentary that talked about fighting the remaining nazis that existed in London and this sparked his interest in their culture and religion. He spent a year and a half doing research and investigating, he discovered that his neighbor across the street (who was 91 years old) was part of this anti-nazi group and that even his late grandfather participated. He was greatly influenced by this story and it helped him rediscover his Jewish identity and feel comfortable with his culture.

-> Luke is not orthodox. When asked if all this helped him find a path to his religion, he replies:

"Exactly. I mean, I'm not Orthodox. But I feel peace of mind, a sense of... I've now found where I belong in some way. I'm sure it'll probably change in a year, but I feel good about it now."

-> He is the only member of his acting class from 9 years ago who managed to make a living out of it. He says:

"We've all come close, we've all been rejected. We all work hard. Nine times out of 10 you'll get losses, so it is for the thick-skinned. If you're not living, breathing, smoking it each day, it's not for you. I'm the only person in my acting class from nine years ago who makes a living out of this. If someone came to me at 16 and was like, "I want to act," I 'd be like, "Do it now. If it doesn't work out within two or three years, do something else you enjoy. Or find something to do and if you want to do it on the side, then great. Because if you put too much emphasis on it, it will hurt you."

-> Luke's father also lives in LA. Luke wants to stay close to his friends and family. He says:

"My dad lives in L.A.; he's my best friend. I step out of line, he'll tell me immediately. And I've got good friends."

And:

"I don't think I could ever get to that place because my friends, my family, are the most important, the most constant, things in my life. Apart from my football team, of course."

(when he says my football team he means Arsenal because he's a fan.)

-> Luke likes to be professional (and very responsible) when it comes to money. He says:

"As an actor, I'm a professional. As a friend, I'm a professional. I'm there to do my job. But I also need to be professional about money. Obviously you have an accountant, but you need to do your own checks and balances. Otherwise you can get into a lot of trouble."

-> Luke is a person who runs after opportunities, who creates them without waiting for them to knock on his door. He says:

"Because you can't wait for opportunities. You've got to do it yourself. Like how I found out about that story that moved me about Judaism. What did I do? I decided to do research, write and get it into the public. And I sold it to the BBC. I'm not saying it will get made or that I'll be in it, but at least I feel like I have some control over my artistic destiny, rather than waiting for a manager or an agent to tell me there's an audition next week, or I might get this role. I think it's the same in any artistic pursuit. In music, you make a song, you try and produce it, you get friends to do it, you put it up on Spotify. If you want to do advertising, you come up with several ideas, then go to the agencies and pitch them. See if you can make that difference. I don't really feel like opportunities come too often. You gotta make your own."

-> During the pandemic (in 2020) he:

read Brian Southall's Sex Pistols: 90 Days at EMI;

when asked what he was watching he replies:

"Just started The Spy on Netflix, which is very watchable. Started off in isolation watching the mandatory Love Is Blind and Tiger King, but have delved into my Criterion Collection subscription. Just finished watching Betty Blue—a masterpiece!"

*And here I open a parenthesis to talk about the day he and Assad posted about Betty Blue on instagram. Luke had already watched the film in 2020 and then became a fan. On the day in question he thanks a friend for the movie poster. Luke has a collection of posters in his apartment.

practiced 120 push-ups on a machine he successfully set up;

his hobbies (during the pandemic so I don't know if he still does) was learning to cook and learning Welsh.

-> When asked what was the best work email he received during the pandemic, he replies:

"Happy Birthday, you throw the best bday parties, this must really suck for you... hahaha."

-> Luke would like to play villains, he says:

"It's interesting that the bad guy don't think they are bad."

I hope you enjoyed this short summary of who Luke Brandon Field is and I hope from the bottom of my heart that he gets everything he ever dreamed of and deserves because he truly is an amazing person.

sources: models1 | ECFS | Please Kill Me | Muse by Clio\ 2 | PressReader | BCB CHAT EP 6

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fcs suggestions for dorne and iron islands?

dorne :  adjoa  andoh  ,  aishwarya  rai  bachchan  ,  aiysha  hart  ,  amita  suman  ,  anna  shaffer  ,  anya  chalotra  ,  archie  renaux  ,  beren  saat  ,  beste  kokdemir  ,  burcu  ozberk  ,  charithra  chandran  ,  cynthia  addai-robinson  ,  deepika  padukone  ,  demet  ozdemir  ,  dev  patel  ,  dilraba  dilmurat  ,  ebonee  noel  ,  dylan  wang  ,  golda  rosheuvel  ,  hulya  avsar  ,  isabela  merced  ,  ishbel  bautista  ,  jacob  anderson  ,  ni  ni  ,  kiana  madeira  ,  li  yitong  ,  maddison  jaizani  ,  madeleine  madden  ,  marcus  griffith  ,  mckell  david  ,  medalion  rahimi  ,  nazanin  boniadi  ,  nur  fettahoglu  ,  oscar  isaac  ,  pedro  pascal  ,  santiago  cabrera  ,  sean  teale  ,  sebastian  de  souza  ,  sevda  erginci  ,  sonoya  mizuno  ,  shelley  conn  ,  thalissa  teixeira  ,  tuba  buyukustun  ,  Vanessa  Morgan  ,  wang  haoxuan  ,  woo  dohwan  ,  wilson  nbomio  ,  xiao  zhan  ,  xuan  lu  ,  yu  bin  ,  zhang  chenxiao  ,  zoe  robins  .  

iron islands : amy  wren  ,  alexander  drayman  ,  alexandra  dowling  ,  alexandra  moen  ,  amber  midthunder  ,  amelia  clarkson  ,  amita  suman  ,  arias  fedaravicius  ,  archie  renaux  ,  charlie  murphy  ,  jessica  chastain  ,  emily  cox  ,  emma  d'arcy  ,  eve  best  ,  ewan  mitchell  ,  fabien  frankel  ,  liu  yifei  ,  harry  treadaway  ,  luke  arnold  ,  harris  dickinson  ,  hayden  christensen  ,  hera  hilmar  ,  heida  reed  ,  jacob  collins  levy  ,  jack  davenport  ,  jack  wolfe  ,  jamie  alexander  ,  jessica  barden  ,  joanna  macgibbon  ,  kiana  madeira  ,  kit  young  ,  kuang  tian  ,  leo  suter  ,  mahesh  jadu  ,  oscar  isaac  ,  reece  ritchie  ,  sofia  boutella  ,  taika  waititi  ,  theo  nate  ,  tony  leung  ,  tony  revolori  ,  dianne  doan  ,  hakeem  kae  kazeem  .

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Reservas

Casas Ocupadas:

Aquellas casas marcadas con (*) cuentan con canon o semicanon libres.

EL NORTE

Bolton

Dustin*

Stark*

Karstark

Reed

Manderly*

VALLE DE ARRYN

Arryn*

Corbray*

Lynderly

CORONAS

Targaryen*

Celtigar

Scales

Staunton

TORMENTAS

Baratheon*

Caron

Connington

Dondarrion

Fell

Mertyns

Tarth

TRIDENTE

Blackwood*

Bracken*

EL DOMINIO

Hightower*

Roxton

Footly

ISLAS DEL HIERRO

Saltcliffe

OCCIDENTE

Crakehall

Lannister*

Faceclaim Ocupados

Alex Hogh Andersen

Anya Chalotra

Annabel Scholey 

Anamaria Vartolomei 

Alex Storm

Anastasia Tsilimpiou

Anya Taylor-Joy

Arnas Fedaravicius

Bella Heathcote

Ben Robson 

Bradley Freegard 

Caitlin Carmichael 

Timothée Chalamet

Charlie Vickers

Claire Estabrook 

Dominic Sherwood 

Dominik Sadoch 

Daniel Sharman

Emilia Clarke 

Emma Appleton

Emily Rudd 

Eva Green

Ewan Mitchell

Freya Allan

Gal Gadot

Graham McTavish

Holliday Grainger

Henry Cavill 

James McAvoy

Jarred Blakiston 

Jannis Niewöhnes

Jensen Ackles 

Jessica Chastain

Joey Batey 

Josha Stradowski 

Katie McGrath 

Keira Knightley 

Laura Berlin 

Leelee Sobieski

Matt Smith 

Michael Fassbender 

Micki Stolt 

Nastya Kusakina 

Natalie Dormer

Olivia Cooke

Pedro Pascal 

Peyton List

Ruby Hartley

Sai Bennet 

Taika Waititi 

Tom Hardy

Tom Glynn-Carney

Vanja Jagnic

William Franklyn.Miller

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) - REVIEW

SYNOPSIS

Ant-Man and the Wasp find themselves trapped within the Quantum Realm only to discover a much larger world exists including a great threat in the form of Kang.

Let's be clear, this is a film that's about one thing and that's introducing the new major villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors). Does it succeed in this task? Absolutely it does but does Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania succeed as a film? Well that's a different matter; it couldn't be more further away from its predecessors with a visual scale and style that's more akin to James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy and Taika Waititi's Thor sequels. Yet Peyton Reed doesn't seem to fully embrace the quirky weirdness of that visual style in a film that seems too focused on its singular purpose that it feels somewhat undercooked. There are characters and plot threads that are underdeveloped to the point that you don't really care about them or the more wider stakes of the third act. But most surprising of all is that for a film called 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania', it really should be an absolute blast for comedy especially with the more light hearted tone of this particularly property of the MCU. But Quantumania barely lands any significant laughs or has much in the sort of comedy moments that stay with you once the credits roll. That's not to say that I think this is an outright bad film but Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is a film that I can't help feel could've been better than it actually is.

One thing that continues to baffle me about the Ant-Man sequels is why they even bother to have 'The Wasp' in the title. If you take a look at the poster at the top of this post alone then the conclusion you would draw is that this is a single lead movie despite the team up in the title. Evangeline Lily's Hope van Dyne is a character that has enjoyed some great action beats in these films and has in fact been the more competent hero of the pairing. However the major character arcs have always been focused on Paul Rudd's Scott Lang and never for Hope. Quantumania is pretty much an Ant-Man movie in everything except name and Hope feels nothing more than a spectator in a movie that should also be about her. It's a consistent waste for this series even though Reed does do a better job serving other characters such as Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton) and most of all the original Wasp, Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer). They smartly expand on Janet's previous exile in the Quantum Realm to create history and personal with Kang. Michelle Pfeiffer is one of the standouts of film as her character is given greater depth all the while she's utilized to develop and build-up the anticipation to the films standout element; Kang the Conqueror.

The MCU doesn't have a good track record when it comes to the villains for their non-Avengers movies and the Ant-Man series hasn't really been much different ... except now. In Quantumania the villain not only delivers but is easily the best element in the movie and is when the film comes into its own. Jonathan Majors Kang gets excellent treatment; he's carefully established initially as an off screen presence as the various displaced, oppressed (and underdeveloped) characters of the Quantum Realm speak cautiously of a "Conqueror". His appearance feels a long time coming and is all the more effective due of the build-up and Majors doesn't disappoint in the role. There's a genuine sense of threat to Kang as Majors brings an imposing physicality to Kang in the several set pieces he is a part of and in the way he delivers his lines in several outstanding exchanges with Pfieffer and Rudd. The struggle against Kang is by far the most satisfying part of Quantumania it's just unfortunate that other aspects of the story falls flat in a sadly too formulaic third act.

Quantumania's lack of depth when it comes to new characters such as Katy O'Brian's Jentorra and William Jackson Harper's telepathic Quaz leaves the story feeling somewhat thin. It all feels at service to introducing Kang rather than being a satisfying part of the story on its own although it does also go hand in hand with the story between Cassie and Scott. But it is the lack of screen time and the surprising lacks of humour that prevents these characters from having any meaningful impact like the way that Korg did in Thor: Ragnarock. The writers simply haven't given the audience to care about in this regard which is disappointing. What does work however is exploration of the relationship between the now teenage and her father while Janet's hidden backstory with Kang is the source of needed tension in the Van Dyne family. All of this is held together by the threat of Kang who is more of a match for the heroes which ensures that there are some genuine stakes. The finale itself does feel like a missed opportunity for Quantumania and Kang to leave an immediate and lasting impact but fans of large scale set pieces will be thrilled by the effects heavy spectacle. That this film isn't more funny than it is is as baffling as it is unforgiveable because even the weaker elements could've been lifted some great comedy.

VERDICT

Quantumania isn't top tier MCU and it demonstrates that the formula is starting to show signs of wear but the imagination of the visual effects, the likeability of the main characters and Jonathan Majors Kang offers just enough to make it a fun experience despite it flaws. But how this isn't more funny than it is I'll never know.

3/5

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Best music and songs of the 1970s

Best music and songs of the 1970s Pink Floyd Best music and songs of the 1970s, a selection of the most famous hits of this legendary period with author, title, release year and original videos on Youtube. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Berthold Auerbach One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley Music - it's motivational and just makes you relax. Taika Waititi The 1970s were a golden era for music, bringing an explosion of genres, innovative sounds, and iconic artists. Here’s an overview of some of the most memorable aspects and best music from that decade: 1. Rock and Roll Explosion Led Zeppelin ruled rock with albums like Led Zeppelin IV (1971), featuring classics like “Stairway to Heaven.” Pink Floyd released The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and Wish You Were Here (1975), which solidified their status as psychedelic rock legends. Queen rose to fame with their unique mix of rock and theatrical flair, especially with the operatic “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975). The Rolling Stones evolved with albums like Exile on Main St. (1972), bringing a raw, bluesy edge to rock. 2. Funk, Soul, and R&B Groove Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life (1976) and Innervisions (1973) showcased his genius, blending R&B with socially conscious lyrics. Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On (1971) tackled social issues, becoming a landmark in soul and R&B. Earth, Wind & Fire and The Commodores brought infectious funk rhythms with hits like “September” and “Brick House.” 3. Birth of Punk The Ramones spearheaded American punk with fast, short, high-energy songs like “Blitzkrieg Bop.” In the UK, The Sex Pistols and The Clash added a raw, rebellious energy, with songs like “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976) and “London Calling” (1979). 4. Disco Craze Donna Summer was a disco queen with tracks like “Hot Stuff” and “I Feel Love,” the latter being one of the first hits to use a fully synthesized backing track. Bee Gees defined disco with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (1977), featuring “Stayin’ Alive” and “Night Fever.” Chic’s “Le Freak” and KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Get Down Tonight” kept dance floors packed. 5. Singer-Songwriters and Folk Rock Carole King’s Tapestry (1971) produced timeless songs like “You’ve Got a Friend” and “It’s Too Late.” Joni Mitchell’s Blue (1971) became a folk masterpiece, exploring love and vulnerability. Bob Dylan continued to impact with albums like Blood on the Tracks (1975), a profound meditation on love and loss. 6. Progressive Rock & Art Rock Genesis, Yes, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer pushed musical boundaries with complex compositions and concept albums. David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” persona and albums like The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) made him an icon of glam and art rock. 7. Reggae’s Rise Bob Marley and the Wailers brought reggae to the global stage with albums like Exodus (1977) and songs like “No Woman, No Cry.” Marley’s music fused political messages with infectious beats, making reggae a powerful cultural force. The 1970s music scene was diverse, reflecting the social changes and creative energy of the time. These songs and albums remain influential, with their sounds echoing through decades of music that followed. Best music and songs of the 1970s Donatella Rettore - Splendido splendente - 1979 Lucio Battisti - Fiori rosa fiori di pesco - 1970 Lucio Battisti - Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara - 1970 Orietta Berti - Fin che la barca va - 1970 Mungo Jerry - In the summertime - 1970 Christie - Yellow River - 1970 James Brown - Sex Machine - 1970 Lucio Battisti - La canzone del sole - 1971 Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - 1971 Tina Charles - Love To Love - 1971 Don McLean - American Pie - 1971 Marcella Bella - Montagne Verdi - 1972 I Nomadi - Io vagabondo (Che non sono altro) - 1972 Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side - 1972 Liza Minnelli - Cabaret - 1972 I Collage - Sole Rosso - 1973 Patty Pravo - Pazza idea - 1973 I Cugini Di Campagna - Anima Mia - 1973 Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever - 1973 Demis Roussos - Goodbye My Love Goodbye - 1973 Suzi Quatro - Can The Can - 1973 The Three Degrees - When will I see you again - 1973 Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight - 1973 The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love - 1974 Barry White - My First My Last My Everything - 1974 Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame - 1974 Umberto Tozzi - Gloria - 1979 Francesco De Gregori - Rimmel - 1975 Dik Dik - Io Mi Fermo Qui - 1975 Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly - 1975 Andrea True Connection - More, More, More - 1975 KC & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight - 1975 Van McCoy - The Hustle - 1975 KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes - 1975 Carol Douglas - Doctors Orders - 1975 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way - 1975 Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity - 1975 Elton John, Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - 1976 Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat - 1976 The Trammps - Disco Inferno - 1976 Jesse Green - Nice And Slow - 1976 Silver Convention - get up and boogie - 1976 Ritchie Family - The Best Disco In Town - 1976 Boney M. - Sunny - 1976 Johnny Wakelin - In Zaire - 1976 Umberto Balsamo - Balla - 1979 Umberto Balsamo - L'angelo azzurro - 1977 Roberto Vecchioni - Samarcanda - 1977 Baciotti - Black Jack - 1977 Cerrone - Supernature - 1977 Space - Magic Fly - 1977 The Stranglers - No More Heroes - 1977 Yvonne Elliman - If I Can´t Have You - 1977 Belle Epoque - Miss Broadway - 1977 Oliver Onions - Sandokan - 1976 Julio Iglesias - Se mi lasci non vale - 1976 KC & the Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man - 1976 Kc & The Sunshine Band - Shake, Shake, Shake - 1976 Alan Sorrenti - Figli Delle Stelle - 1977 Matia Bazar - Cavallo Bianco - 1976 Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity - 1977 Sheila B Devotion - Love me baby - 1977 Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood -1977 Donna Summer - I Feel Love - 1977 Orlando Riva Sound - Moon Boots - 1977 The Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant - 1977 Amanda Lear - Queen Of China-Town - 1977 Gibson Brothers - Cuba - 1978 Orlando Riva Sound - Body To Body Boogie - 1978 Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love - 1978 Macho - I'm A Man (12'' version) - 1978 Rockets - On the Road Again - 1978 Sylvester - Dance Disco Heat - 1978 La Bionda - One for you, one for me - 1978 Patti Smith Group - Because the Night - 1978 Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? - 1978 Dee Dee Jackson - Meteor Man - 1978 Kraftwerk - Das Model - 1978 Patrick Hernandez - Born to Be Alive - 1978 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing - 1978 Al Stewart - Time Passages - 1978 Patty Pravo - Pensiero Stupendo - 1978 Alan Sorrenti - Tu sei l'unica donna per me - 1979 Matia bazar Antonella Ruggiero - Mister mandarino - 1978 Kraftwerk - The Robots - 1978 D.D. 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09/10-17/2024 Daily OFMD Recap Pt 2

TLDR; Taika Waititi; Ruibo Qian; Madeleine Sami; Samba Schutte; Leslie Jones; Rachel House; Minnie Driver; Rory Kinnear;

Part 1 / Part 3

== Taika Waititi ==

New shots of Taika and his fancy drinks keep popping up over on instagram!

Source: Taika Drink Instagram

The main hot news from Taika was all the fun he had at the 76th Annual Emmy Awards (for Reservation Dogs!)

Source: Indigenous.tv Instagram / Post 2

Source: Pope of the Bowery Instagram

And some not so amazing news... but if you hadn't heard already, Taika's new project, Time Bandits has been cancelled by Apple TV. What's worse is they did on Kal-El Tuck (Kevin in Time Bandit)'s birthday Sept 17th. Jerks. I dont know of any petition or campaign to renew efforts-- but if you do please let me know, I'd love to share!

Source: Deadline

== Ruibo Qian ==

Our brilliant Pirate Queen is still visiting China, and she is BRINGING the cat content, I love it.

Source: Ruibo's Instagram

== Madeleine Sami ==

Our darling Archie has so much going on! Deadloch S2 is being filmed in Darwin, and the gals are having a great time!

Not to mention more Double Parked Episodes!

Source: PrimeVideoAuNZ Instagram

== Samba Schutte ==

Samba's new movie, Advanced Chemistry is making it's way around the country! Alec Moore, writer, producer of the movie is spreading the word-- wanna see if there are showings available near you? Check out their website!

Source: Alec Moore's Instagram

Did anyone get to go see Advanced Chemistry in LA?

How was the Q & A ?

Source: Samba's Instagram

Oh and GUESS WHO'S BACK with more Crew For Life Merch and Cooking classes! Wanna get in on them? ShopStands!

Source: Samba's Instagram

== Leslie Jones ==

Leslie's is back out giving the LA Sparks some love!

Source: Leslie Jones Instagram

== Rachel House ==

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) ended on the 15th, but we're still getting some cute shots of her, friends, and the cast of her new directorial movie Te Maunga (The Mountain)! Our Mary Reed really shined at the Festival!

Source: Rachel House's Instagram

== Minnie Driver ==

With everything going on with Mary, how could we forget our beloved Anne Bonny? Minnie's out here looking cute.

AND she and Rory Kinnear (The Badminton Twins) are going to be in the performance of White Rabbit Red Rabbit in Soho Place London in November! Thank you so much to our friends over at @adoptourcrew for keeping us appraised! Want to learn more? Visit White Rabbit Red Rabbit.

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Twitter

Continued in Part 3!

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one movie from every country

the challenge is to watch at least one movie from all 195 countries in the world. not sure if that's possible cause getting a copy of movies from countries with very "visible" cinema is already hard enough. but we will try. (this is also just to keep myself from jumping off a cliff.)

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antarctica

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia — Amerikatsi (2022, Michael A. Goorjian)

Australia — Nitram (2021, Justin Kurzel)

Austria — Des Teufels Bad (2024, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz)

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium — Close (2022, Lukas Dhont)

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil — Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (2014, Daniel Ribeiro)

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada — J'ai tué ma mère (2009, Xavier Dolan)

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile — Una mujer fantástica (2017, Sebastián Lelio)

China Mainland — 少年的你 (2019, Derek Tsing)

China — Limbo (2021, Soi Cheang)

Christmas Island

Cocos Islands

Colombia

Comoros

Congo-Brazzaville

Congo-Kinshasa

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cote d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark — Jagten (2012, Thomas Vinterberg)

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Falkland Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Fiji

Finland — A Moment in the Reeds (2017, Mikko Mäkelä)

France — Anatomie d'une chute (2023, Justine Triet)

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany — Die Mitte der Welt (2016, Jakob M. Erwa)

Ghana

Greece — Miss Violence (2013, Alexandros Avranas)

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary — Hat hét (2022, Noémi Veronika Szakonyi)

Iceland — Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur (2019, Hlynur Pálmason)

India — Taare Zameen Par (2007, Aamir Khan)

Indonesia — Jagal (2012, Joshua Oppenheimer)

Iran — طعم گیلاس (1997, Abbas Kiarostami)

Iraq

Ireland — The Banshees of Inisherin (2022, Martin McDonagh)

Israel

Italy — La vita è bella (1997, Roberto Benigni)

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan — 誰も知らない (2004, Kore-eda Hirokazu)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya — Rafiki (2018, Wanuri Kahiu)

Kiribati

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia — Flow (2024, Gints Zilbalodis)

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Martinique

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico — Roma (2018, Alfonso Cuarón)

Micronesia

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands — Noordzee, Texas (2011, Bavo Defurne)

New Caledonia

New Zealand — Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016, Taika Waititi)

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria —

Niue —

Norfolk Island —

North Korea —

North Macedonia —

Norway — Verdens verste menneske (2021, Joachim Trier)

Oman —

Pakistan —

Palau —

Palestine —

Panama —

Papua New Guinea —

Paraguay —

Peru —

Philippines — Patay na si Hesus (2016, Victor Villanueva)

Poland — Sala Samobójców (2011, Jan Komasa)

Portugal

Qatar

Republic of the Sudan

Romania — 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile (2007, Cristian Mungiu)

Russia — Возвращение (2003, Andrey Zvyagintse)

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Samoa

San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa — Tsotsi (2005, Gavin Hood)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Korea — 도가니 (2011, Hwang Donghyuk)

South Sudan

Spain — 20.000 especies de abejas (2023, Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)

Sri Lanka

Sudan

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Swaziland

Sweden — Höstsonaten (1978, Ingmar Bergman)

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan — 誰先愛上他的 (2018, Mag Hsu, Hsu Chih-yen)

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand — หลานม่า (2024, Pat Boonnitipat)

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey — Okul Tirasi (2021, Ferit Karahan)

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom — All of Us Strangers (2023, Andrew Haigh)

United States — Blue Jasmine (2013, Woody Allen)

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

there are countries i've seen more than one movie from. as for my reasoning behind which film i choose to list, i don't have any. i just write down whatever comes to mind first.

i'm literally more than a hundred films away from completing this. i'll probably die without succeeding.

[notta-crow]

I'm not dead I swear, I'm just bad at posting